想留宿地獄遭拒
The jack-o’-lantern is linked with an Irish tradition.
南瓜燈與愛爾蘭的傳說有關。
link(v.)連結Irish(adj.)愛爾蘭的tradition(n.)傳統、傳說
It is said that Jack played a trick on the devil by getting him to climb into a tree, then carving the sign of the cross on the tree’s bark so that the devil could not get down.
據說，傑克捉弄了魔鬼，讓他爬上一棵樹，然後在樹皮刻上十字架的標誌，使魔鬼無法下來。
trick(n.)惡作劇，play a trick on sb.對某人惡作劇、捉弄某人devil(n.)惡魔、魔鬼carve(v.)雕刻cross(n.)十字架
In exchange for removing the sign, the devil had to promise not to come after Jack’s soul when he died. The devil kept his promise.
為了交換移除標誌，魔鬼必須答應在傑克死後不會去追捕他的靈魂，魔鬼遵守了他的諾言。
exchange(n.)交換，in exchange for sth.交換某物remove(v.)消除promise(v.)答應come after sb.追趕某人promise(n.)諾言，keep one’s promise遵守諾言
When Jack died, he was not allowed to enter into heaven because he had been a stingy drunken man in his life.
傑克死後，他不被允許進入天堂，因為他一生是個吝嗇的酒鬼。
allow(v.)允許heaven(n.)天堂stingy(adj.)小氣的drunken(adj.)酒醉的
Needing badly for a place to rest his soul, Jack asked the devil to let him live in hell.
傑克非常需要一個地方來安息他的靈魂，他請求魔鬼讓他住在地獄裡。
rest(v.)使休息、使安息hell(n.)地獄
But, because Jack had tricked the devil, he wouldn’t let Jack into hell.
但是，因為傑克曾對魔鬼惡作劇，他不會讓傑克入地獄。
trick(v.)惡作劇
He only gave Jack a candle, which Jack put into a carved-out turnip to light his way.
他只給了傑克一支蠟燭，傑克把蠟燭放進一個雕刻好的蕪菁中照亮他的路。
candle(n.)蠟燭turnip(n.)蕪菁light(v.)照亮
From that day on, Jack has been walking around everywhere with his lantern, looking for a place to rest.
從那天起，傑克就提著燈籠四處遊蕩，尋找休息的地方。
look for尋找
In Ireland and Scotland, people began to carve scary faces into turnips or potatoes.
在愛爾蘭和蘇格蘭，人們開始將可怕的臉孔雕刻在蕪菁或馬鈴薯上。
scary(adj.)可怕的
In the United States, people found that pumpkins make perfect jack-o’-lanterns.
在美國，人們發現南瓜可以做出完美的南瓜燈。
This is how we got the modern-day jack-o’-lanterns.
這就是現代南瓜燈的由來。
modern(adj.)現代的jack-o’-lantern=Jack of the lantern